Ice Breaking on Flushing Bay
Collection: This image is from the Borough President of Queens Photographs and is depicted in a print and digital image.; Image is part of the Borough President of Queens Photographs
Date: January 21, 1918; 1918-01-21
Material: gelatin silver print Dimension:
5 x 6 3/4 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Creator: Borough President of Queens
Identifier: aql:13544 bpq-000770 bpq-000770.tif
Description: A large group of city officials, engineers and laborers use scrapers, picks and pry bars, in an effort to clear ice from the frozen Flushing Bay, after blasting the ice with dynamite. The frozen bay was preventing the delivery of coal to the area. The attempt was unsuccessful.; hand written on back of print: Flushing Bay 1-21-1918
Creator :
Borough President of Queens
Date :
January 21, 1918; 1918-01-21
Summary/Description :
A large group of city officials, engineers and laborers use scrapers, picks and pry bars, in an effort to clear ice from the frozen Flushing Bay, after blasting the ice with dynamite. The frozen bay was preventing the delivery of coal to the area. The attempt was unsuccessful.; hand written on back of print: Flushing Bay 1-21-1918
Subject :
Ice on rivers, lakes, etc.
Relation :
This image is from the Borough President of Queens Photographs and is depicted in a print and digital image.; Image is part of the Borough President of Queens Photographs
Rights :
Public domain
Coverage :
Flushing Bay, Flushing, NY Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Flushing Bay (N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
black and white print; digital images
Format :
gelatin silver print; 5 x 6 3/4 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Identifier :
aql:13544 bpq-000770 bpq-000770.tif
Subject:
Ice on rivers, lakes, etc.
Ice on rivers, lakes, etc.
Rights Notice
Public domain
Public domain
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